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Environmental Science Minor, B.A., B.A.A., B.S.

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

In order to sign an Environmental Science minor, students must hold a 2.5 or greater overall GPA. Students pursuing an Environmental Science minor are encouraged to meet with Departmental as well as College academic advisors.

Program Requirements

Required Courses (13 hours)

ENS 101QROf Earth and Us: Introduction to Environmental Science

3(2-2)

ENS 223Biogeochemical Cycling in the Environment

4(4-0)

GEL 308Water Resources and Hydrologic Processes

3(3-0)

MET 301Climatology & Climate Change

3(3-0)

Electives (6-8 hours)

Select two of the following:

BIO 213Foundations of Ecology

4(3-3)

BIO 240Conservation of Natural Resources

3(3-0)

BIO 334/GEO 334Soil Science

3(2-2)

BLR 521Environmental Law and Policy

3(3-0)

CHM 211QRQuantitative Analysis

4(2-6)

CHM 250WIWater as Life, Death, and Power

3(3-0)

ECO 301Environmental Economics

3(3-0)

GEL 130QREarth Processes

3(2-2)

GEL 380WIHydrogeology

3(2-3)

GEL 502Aqueous Geochemistry

3(3-0)

GEO 203QRIntroduction to Geographic Information Science

3(2-2)

GEO 308Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

3(2-2)

HST 302Comparative Environmental History

3(3-0)

MET 460WIGlobal Climate Dynamics

3(3-0)

PSC 516Environmental Politics and Policy

3(3-0)

Total: 19-21 semester hours